DOGSO-H or Offside?

People may think that the laws/rules of sports are simple. This scenario can show just how mind-boggling a scenario in football can be.

I thought the natural thing to make this clear is to draw a flowchart. This isn’t a great place to start but it is a good place to clear your head and understand the decision-making process needed if your brain is overloaded. If you aren’t a flowchart buff, here are a few guidelines to understand what’s going on.

Boxes mean actions that occur

Diamonds are decisions we must make

Rectangular ovals are final decisions

More specific to this scenario:

Green arrows show the decision path to be taken

Blue arrows are regular decision paths

The green rectangular oval is the correct final decision

The red rectangular oval is a decision that cannot be reached under any circumstances in this scenario

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3 comments on “DOGSO-H or Offside?”

You final decision of IFK + DOGSO is incorrect….it would only be IFK for the offside. There can’t possibly be a DOGSO if the player who scored was in an offside position anyway….offside = no goal therefore, nothing is Obvious and there is no opportunity.

I still feel that breaking this scenario down into a flow chart is almost impossible! lol

People….just read my post to understand WHY the offside is incorrect, and why this is DOGSO.
It’s really just 2 main points:

1) the DOGSO handling happened before the non-existent “advantage”
2) there cannot be an advantage b/c the player who “scored” was in an offside position anyway…the goal would not have counted regardless.

We discussed this TBM! I needed to triple-read this flowchart before I could answer you.

The red card still stands because DOGSO is not nullified. Someone who applies advantage and waits too long (silly but still a possible outcome in the football refereeing world) would lose the opportunity to go back. Yes… It doesn’t apply to this scenario because it happens so fast but since we ask the question, I have to explore other answers too.